Today's News

The Carroll County High School soccer team is sponsoring a 3V3 soccer tournament benefiting Kameron Nab on May 21 at the county park. There will be six age groups for the tournament: U10/12 co-ed, middle school co-ed, high school co-ed, high school boys, adult competitive (men) and adult recreational co-ed.

Campbellsville University senior Whitney Ballinger was named the NAIA Co-Player of the Year and a First Team All-American for the second straight season.

“She’s the best we’ve ever had, and that’s a pretty good obstacle to get over because we’ve had so many good players,” CU head coach Ginger Colvin said. “What she’s accomplished in three years is phenomenal to say the least. She’s the most complete basketball player I’ve ever seen.”

The Carroll County High School track and field team was in action Tuesday at home for its first outdoor meet of the season. The team competed against local rivals Henry, Trimble, and Owen as well as Northern Kentucky’s Holmes High School.

The Lady Panthers could feel it. After being down 4-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the girls finally began gaining some momentum. However, errors and miscommunication fouled up their chance at a rally. Ultimately they fell 11-2 at home to Henry County (1-0) Tuesday, March 22 in their season and home opener.

“We stood up to them pretty well for five innings there,” first-year head coach Ken Blair said, “and then we got young girls. They got a little excited, I guess, lost their focus. But I felt like we played pretty well up until (then).”

The outdoor temperature was almost better suited for a hockey match-up than a baseball game when the Carroll County Panthers came to do battle with the Trimble County Raiders on the baseball diamond Thursday. Spectators who braved the cold either snuggled in blankets on the aluminum bleachers or huddled by their car heaters as the boys of spring held a frost fest on the field.

Catcher’s mitts, fielders’ and batters’ gloves were no protection for the lads as heavy, gray clouds cast a gloomy pall over the event.

The state Senate adjourned Thursday night having signed the Senate Committee Substitute to House Bill 1, legislation to resolve the Medicaid budget shortfall. Without even a need for a conference committee, the bill passed the House of Representatives overwhelmingly with only two no votes.

During the legislative session that ended earlier this month, Kentuckians saw a textbook example of what positive things can happen when both parties in the General Assembly come together and work toward the Commonwealth’s greater good.

The end result was a landmark law that stands as the biggest change to our criminal code since it was overhauled in the mid-1970s. It showed just how effective the legislative process could be when everyone has a seat at the table and a desire to do something truly meaningful.

Carrollton City Council voted 4-0 to award the city’s garbage collection and disposal franchise to current contract holder Rumpke of Kentucky. This will extend its contract to May 31, 2017. Councilmembers Robb Adams and Larry Morgan were not present at the meeting.

Work is under way on the new Carroll County Head Start facility behind Kathryn Winn Primary School.

Head Start Director Pam McNeal said Monday that the building will house four Early Head Start classrooms for the birth-to 3-year-old program and four Head Start classrooms for the 3- to 4-year-old program.